After cutting through tons of paper and cardboard, I decided to try my hand with wood. Well, perhaps not wood but MDF.

The MDF I decided to cut was just 4mm in thickness but required 12 passes at 500/100% since I was cutting some pieces with delicate edges. The whole project took over 2 hours of cutting but the end product was pretty nice.

Does anyone have any experience cutting wood with their A3 Pro? I'm wondering which type of wood is best for cutting. Best as in easiest to cut.

Well, I suppose balsa would be the easiest. So what would be the second best?

The MDF I decided to cut was just 4mm in thickness but required 12 passes at 500/100% since I was cutting some pieces with delicate edges. The whole project took over 2 hours of cutting but the end product was pretty nice.

Does anyone have any experience cutting wood with their A3 Pro? I'm wondering which type of wood is best for cutting. Best as in easiest to cut.

Well, I suppose balsa would be the easiest. So what would be the second best?

]]>http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13142http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13142Invalid Date@maguro MDF is extremely difficult to cut due to the resins and various species of wood pulp used. Birch ply with a water based epoxy is excellent, it's often sold as Laser Birch Ply. I've also used Alder which is also great but costs a little more for me.
]]>http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13143http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13143Invalid DateGUYS.....
Please be careful laser cutting MDF.
The gasses & smoke that come off this are SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS with long term health implications...
]]>http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13144http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13144Invalid DateThanks for the info. My local lumber shop has 1/8" birch so I'll give that a try.

As for fumes, I built myself an enclosure using an Ikea hack and its ventilated using a 4" inline fan. I 'm in the process of making a Youtube video on that but I've got so many things on go. Someday...

]]>http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13158http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13158Invalid DateNot sure if this is of help as I recently upgraded my A3 pro with a 10w Endurance laser, but I have experimented with cutting about 15 species of wood, plus laser grade veneered mdf, laser grade plywood - birch, poplar & veneered. I have found solid wood is much easier to cut that mdf or plywood.

The easiest of woods to cut (in no particular order) were beech, walnut, pine, poplar. I haven't tried cutting balsa as it is too light a wood for the type of work I do, but assume it would also be pretty easy.

Oak is also cuttable but the grain can be an issue, so not always consistent.

Mahogany, utile, sapele - very difficult to cut

If you're in the UK and looking for wood suppliers alwayshobbies.com and hobby.uk.com have a reasonable selection of woods ranging from 0.8mm - 6mm in thickness

Hope that's of some help!

]]>http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13172http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13172Invalid DateThanks for the great info! I'll make note of your findings.

Really jealous of your 10w Endurance laser. That must be awesome to work with.

]]>http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13227http://forum.eleksmaker.com/post/13227Invalid DateThat looks great as well.
But with that being said, the great thing about the Eleskmaker A3 Pro is the value you get from it.
The high powered variants are awesome but they would cost well over $1,000 and you'd still need to build an enclosure and ventilation system. With 40W lasers going for half that price, the cost:performance ratio starts to get out of hand. Well, at least for hobby users like me.
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